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Fierce backlash has forced the No. 2 Democrat in the House of Representatives to walk back comments he made appearing cast doubt on the legitimacy of the upcoming 2022 midterm elections in November.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), recently told Politico that he agreed with President Joe Biden's claim that the fairness of the next election depends on whether the Democrats are able to pass federal legislation to undo Republican-backed election security reforms in several states.
"I think it easily could be — be illegitimate," Biden told reporters at a rare press conference last week.
""I'm not going to say it's going to be legit. It's — the increase and the prospect of being illegitimate is in direct proportion to us not being able to get these — these reforms passed," Biden said.
Asked about the president's claims, Hoyer said, "President Biden is correct" that the election will not be legitimate without passage of the Freedom to Vote Act and other election reforms supported by Democrats.
"This is about our Democracy. This is about an America that really believes in making sure that the people’s voice is heard and reflected in the outcome of the election," Hoyer said.
But the Democratic leader faced a flurry of online criticism after Politico reported that Hoyer "appeared to agree with President JOE BIDEN’s suggestion last week that the 2022 election results may not be valid without the passage of voting rights legislation."
Hoyer's office gave a statement to Fox News to clean up the mess. Hoyer communications director Margaret Mulkerrin said that Hoyer does not believe the midterm elections will be illegitimate.
"Leader Hoyer shares President Biden’s concern that Republican attempts to methodically exclude millions of voters are deeply alarming, and raise serious questions that people who want to make their voice heard won’t be able to participate," Mulkerrin said.
"Leader Hoyer does not believe the 2022 election will be illegitimate, nor would he claim ballots ought to be thrown out if a Democrat loses – simply that millions of Americans have been systematically disenfranchised from our democracy by GOP election suppression legislation, and that we ought to take immediate steps to stop it by passing urgently needed measures to protect the right to vote."
Various Democrats have claimed that "democracy" is at risk should Congress fail to pass election reforms this year. The Freedom to Vote Act would set federal standards for U.S. elections, expand mail-in and absentee voting, loosen voter ID laws, and make Election Day a federal holiday, among other reforms.
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University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban and NBA Hall of Famer Jerry West have signed an open letter to U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin urging the moderate West Virginia Democrat to support a federal overhaul of U.S. elections to "secure our democracy."
In the letter, Saban, West, and three other prominent West Virginia sports figures — former West Virginia University athletic director and NFL Houston Oilers player Oliver Luck, former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue, and former Buffalo Bills linebacker Darryl Talley — called on Congress to "exercise its Constitutional responsibility to enact laws that set national standards for the conduct of Federal elections and for decisions that determine election outcomes.”
They are asking Manchin to support the Freedom to Vote Act, a bill introduced by Democrats that would set federal standards for U.S. elections. In addition to expanding early voting and mail-in voting, the bill would undermine Republican supported voter ID laws, limit the ability of states to remove inactive or dead voters from voter rolls, make Election Day a federal holiday, and more.
Democrats lack the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster by Republicans, who are uniformly opposed to a federal overhaul of elections. And Manchin, along with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) and at least three other Democrats are opposed to carving out a filibuster exception or getting rid of the filibuster altogether to pass the bill, preventing the 50-50 Democratic majority from taking action on election reforms.
But Saban and the other sports icons insist that Manchin change his position, expressing their support for the Democrats' bill:
Elections open to all Americans: Our democracy is at its best when all Americans are encouraged to participate. We support measures to provide voters with a range of opportunities to obtain and cast a lawful ballot, including robust in-person, early, and absentee voting options. We support the use of election security, equipment and record-keeping measures that are reliable and evidence-based, and clearly support the integrity of election processes.
Impartial conduct and score-keeping. Election administration and vote certification must be nonpartisan, professional and transparent. State legislators and other officials cannot apply or change rules, standards or procedures, prospectively or retroactively, in a manner that may nullify Federal election results by excluding voters or overruling voter choices.
The letter claims "these principles are now under intentional and unprecedented challenge" from state laws supported by Republicans that have strengthened voter ID laws and tightened rules around absentee and mail-in ballots after the COVID-19 pandemic. Saban and the others accuse Republicans of attempting to "secure partisan advantage by eliminating reliable practices with proven safeguards and substituting practices ripe for manipulation."
It's a rare display of political partisanship from the Alabama coach.
Although Saban, a native of Fairmont, West Virginia, is a longtime friend and supporter of Manchin, he insisted to reporters in 2020 that he had no desire to be involved with politics or endorse candidates.
"I've never endorsed a candidate, nor will I ever endorse a candidate or get involved in politics in any way, shape or form. I don't think that's my place," he said at the time.
Contrary to that statement, he endorsed Manchin for re-election in 2018, saying he never knew a better friend or person than the senator.
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